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ABOUT THE CLINIC
The Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California is a nonprofit medical clinic located in downtown Oakland, California, adjacent to the Cathedral of Christ the Light. We provide free, onsite and virtual preventative health care services and treatment to uninsured and low-income patients – no questions asked. While the average span of faith-based medical clinics is just 2 1⁄ 2 years, our clinic has been in operation for more than 13 years and continues to grow in services, number of patients served and geographic reach. We are dedicated to healing and helping the Bay Area’s uninsured communities, within an atmosphere of trust, compassion, and state-of-the-art facilities and care.
OUR HISTORY The Clinic was first envisioned in 2005 by the Bishop of Oakland, Allen Vigneron and the President of the Western Association of the Order of Malta, Richard Madden, GCM. Rising from the Order of Malta’s commitment to practice charity to the sick and the poor, both men saw the opportunity to positively impact the health and well-being of the uninsured and underrepresented of the Greater Bay Area. In 2008, several devoted Knights and Dames of the Order, under the leadership of the first President of the Clinic, Bill McInerney, KM, partnered with the Western Association and the Diocese of Oakland to create the very successful Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California.
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